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Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
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So it wasn't just that they WOULD HAVE brought up salt water if they had used the normal wells for irrigation with the lack of rain, hence they didn't irrigate - they DID use those wells and didn't realize it was killing the grass until too late!
"Problems with the course began with drought conditions in the area that necessitated regular watering, but the well that was used for turf irrigation had been corrupted with salt water, Palmisano said.
Regional drought has lowered the water level in the Mississippi River, which passes through New Orleans, to near-record levels. When the river doesn’t flow strongly enough, salt water from the Gulf of Mexico begins to run upstream and infiltrate the area’s fresh water supply. The increased salt content in the Fair Grounds well, which has been used without incident for more than 15 years, according to Palmisano, wasn’t detected until a significant portion of the course had been damaged."
